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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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European Backgrounds | |
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Norse Discoveries | |
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The Crusades | |
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The Renaissance | |
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Trade and the Nation-State | |
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Portuguese Exploration | |
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Spanish Exploration | |
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English and French Exploration | |
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The Native Americans | |
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Native Americans Settle the Americas | |
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Native Americans of Central and South America | |
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The Native Americans of the Southwest and West | |
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The Native Americans of the Plains | |
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The Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands | |
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Estimates of Native American Population | |
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The Spanish Empire in America | |
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Spanish Conquests | |
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The Exploration and Settlement of the Southwest | |
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The Government and Economy of the Spanish Empire | |
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Race Relations in the Spanish Empire | |
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Religious and Cultural Life in the Spanish Empire | |
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The Portuguese, French, and Dutch Empires in America | |
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The Portuguese in the New World | |
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The French in the New World | |
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The Dutch in the New World | |
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Comparing and Contrasting the Non-English Empires | |
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The Background of English Colonization | |
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Delay in English Colonization | |
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Economic Motives | |
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Religious Motives | |
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Political Motives | |
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Governmental Interest in Colonization | |
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The Beginnings of English Colonization | |
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Bibliography | |
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The Tobacco Colonies: Virginia and Maryland | |
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The London and Plymouth Companies | |
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The Founding of Jamestown | |
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Virginia Proves a Success | |
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Virginia Survives Native American Attacks | |
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Maryland Is Founded | |
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The Economic Growth of the Tobacco Colonies | |
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The New England Colonies | |
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The Founding of the Plymouth Colony | |
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The Founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony | |
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Other New England Colonies | |
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Native American Relations in New England | |
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The Control and Completion of Colonization | |
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The Colonies Under the Commonwealth | |
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The West Indies | |
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Colonial Policy under Charles II | |
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The Founding of the Carolinas | |
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The Founding of New York and the Jerseys | |
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The Founding of Pennsylvania | |
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The Founding of Georgia | |
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Seventeenth-Century Revolts and Eighteenth-Century Stabilization | |
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The Effects of the Navigation Acts | |
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Bacon's Rebellion | |
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The Dominion of New England | |
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The Glorious Revolution in New York | |
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The Glorious Revolution in Maryland | |
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Comparing and Contrasting the 1689 Revolutions in America | |
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Eighteenth-Century Stabilization | |
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Colonial Government | |
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English Agencies of Colonial Government | |
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Government in the American Colonies | |
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A Federal Empire? | |
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Local Government | |
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Taxation | |
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African-Americans in the English Colonies | |
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The Slave Trade | |
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The Development of Slavery | |
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The Black Population | |
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Black Opposition to Slavery | |
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White Reaction to Slave Discontent | |
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Family and Religious Life | |
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Slavery in the Northern Colonies | |
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Free African-Americans | |
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Immigration | |
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Push and Pull Factors | |
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Immigration Statistics | |
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The Huguenots | |
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The Germans | |
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The Scotch-Irish and Scots | |
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The Irish and the Jews | |
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The Naturalization Process | |
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Immigrants on the Frontier | |
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East-West Friction | |
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Colonial Agriculture | |
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The Beginnings | |
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Farm Implements | |
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Agriculture in the New England Colonies | |
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Agriculture in the Middle Colonies | |
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Agriculture in the Southern Colonies | |
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Colonial Commerce | |
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The Colonies as Suppliers and Markets | |
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Triangular Trade Routes? | |
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Anglo-American Trade Relations | |
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Domestic Trade | |
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Piracy | |
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Land Transportation and Communication | |
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The Fur Trade | |
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Colonial Industry | |
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Obstacles to the Growth of Industry | |
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Forest-Based Industries | |
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Sea-Based Industries | |
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Earth-Based Industries | |
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Other Colonial Industries | |
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Workers and Wages | |
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Money and Social Status | |
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Hard Money | |
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Monetary Experiments | |
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Paper Money and Land Banks | |
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Wealth and Social Class | |
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Social Mobility | |
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The Colonial Town | |
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Characteristics of Colonial Towns | |
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Urban Problems | |
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The Urban Economy | |
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Urban Culture | |
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The Colonial Family | |
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Marriage | |
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Premarital and Extramarital Affairs | |
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Characteristics of the Family | |
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The Legal Status of Women | |
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The Concept of Childhood | |
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Religion in Colonial America | |
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The Anglican Church | |
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The Congregational Church | |
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Religious Groups in the Middle Colonies | |
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The Presbyterian Church | |
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The Great Awakening and Its Results | |
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Education in Colonial America | |
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Education in the Southern Colonies | |
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Education in the Middle Colonies | |
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Education in the New England Colonies | |
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Higher Education | |
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Language and Literature | |
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The Growth of American English | |
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The Development of American Literature | |
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Literary Tastes of Colonial Americans | |
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Newspapers and Magazines | |
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Bibliography | |
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Colonial Arts and Sciences | |
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American Scientists | |
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Medicine | |
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Art | |
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Crafts | |
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Everyday Life in Colonial America | |
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Demographic Characteristics | |
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Homes and Furnishings | |
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Dress | |
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Sports and Amusements | |
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The Colonial Wars | |
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King William's War | |
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Queen Anne's War | |
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King George's War | |
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The Background of the French and Indian War | |
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The French and Indian War | |
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The Results of the French and Indian War | |
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The Road to Revolution | |
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The Constitutional Background | |
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The Anglican Bishop Controversy | |
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The Proclamation of 1763 | |
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The Sugar Act | |
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The Stamp Act | |
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The Townshend Acts | |
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The Tea Act and Its Repercussions | |
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The First Continental Congress and the Outbreak of Violence | |
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The Second Continental Congress and Independence | |
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Bibliography | |
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The Revolutionary War | |
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Military Advantages and Disadvantages | |
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The Campaigns of 1776-1777 | |
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The Campaigns of 1778-1781 | |
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Peace Negotiations | |
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Domestic Effects of the Revolution | |
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Bibliography | |
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Governments for a New Nation | |
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State Constitution Making | |
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The Articles of Confederation | |
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Western Land Laws | |
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Economic Problems | |
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The Constitutional Convention | |
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The Ratification Struggle | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |